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An Old Mans Wit.

"Women don't always have their wits
about them," said an elderly gentleman the
other morning. "A lady friend of mine came
into my Office with her little girl of s. The
pretty white dress of the latter had streak
of blood upon it, the result Of q visit to
dentist The mother didn't want to return
uptown with the child, as she was not through
with her shopping. Could / help her out of
her quandary7 took the child back to the
toilet room, with the idea of washing out the
stain, but better plan occurred to me. The
stain was a long, narrow, downward streak,
and the white dress was pleated up and down.
What do you think didl l folded over one
of the pleats and pinned it, thus hiding the
stain from view. The mother asked: why.
how did you remove the stain without spread
ing it and taking the starch outf Then 1
showed her that it was still there Her look
was one of pleasure and chagrin. Unjust
confess that you didn't help to raise your
family in vain,' she said, while you must
think am excessively stupid. And am
for the plan ought to have suggested itself to
me.'"-Philadelphia Call.
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BEFORE DAWN.

On topmost bows Of lofty trees
Birds sing beneath the golden stars,
Which psA before the coming dawn;
Naught else is heard save the dull roee
OF ocean on the shore. sounding
The same as erst a. Natures birth
'when morning stars together sang;"
As II the organist in some
Cathedral vast, with minor keys
And pedals soft, filed holy space
With melodious monotone,
While some lone nun her mathis chants,
In murmurs soft behind the screen.
j H Goodwin.
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Beautiful Rarixeeners-

"The handsomest men in New York, y said
3 well known physician the other day, "are
the bartenders. The modern bartender of a
fest class barroom is required to be abstemi-
ous in his habits. Saloon keepers, as a rule.
DO not want man around them who drinks.
The result is that bartenders have good COM
plexions and clear eyes. They have plenty of
time to pay attention TO their personal ap-
pearance, and as class make up better than
any other set of men In New York. You
might put hundred of them in bah. room
and they would outshine the pick and flower
u New York aristcoracy.n-New York
rribune
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GOING WEST.

All trains daily except Sunday.
Pullman's Palace Buffet or Hotel Sleep
Ing Cars through without change from Steu-
benville east to Philadelphia and New York;
west to Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville, Chi
eogo, Indianapolis and st. Louis.
For through tickets, baggage checks, Sleep
Ing car accommodations, and any further In
formation, apply to JOHN g. TOMLINSON,
Ticket Agent at Panhandle station. foot of
Eleventh street, or q. city ticket ONCE, under
MoLure House, Wheeling.
JAMES McCREA,
Manager, Pittsburgh.
E. A. FORD,
Gsnr Pas and Tiki Ag't, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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ORTHOGRAPHY.
(Omit any two.)

l. How many elementary sounds in the English
Classify them.
g. What are substitutes? Give substitutes for a
and u.
8. What silent letters? What Is the rule for G
final before a suffix?
4. Prefix dd to grieve, firm, quit, claim. and give
rule governing this prefix. Prefix 90 10 and pose
s. Spell and indicate the pronunciation Of pert,
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U. 8. HISTORY.
(Omit any two.)


1. D. c.: (a) When formed and for what purpose?
(b) From what states formed? (c( How obtained?
Id What city within it? (e) By whom laid out and
when? (f) What was its original size? (g Its pres
ent size? (h When did it assume its present boun-
daries? C) When did Washington become the seat
of Government?
2. ID Has it a governor? (kl II so, how is he
chosen? q How is it represented in the electoral
college and congress! (m) Was it slave or free?
IN How affected by Missouri compromises? 10y
How does Washington compare with the leading
cities of the world in size and grandeur? p) Was it
ever invaded by foreign foe? (q) If 80, when?
8. Name the presidential candidates in 1860, and
give the principles of each party. Also result OF
election.
4. Name the following personsges: First secretary
of state first governor of Ohio, discoverer of the
Hudson, vice-president of the southern confed-
eracy," and chief justice of U. s.
5. In what wars did the following battles occur:
Great Meadows, Stony Point, Lundy's Lane, Antis-
tam, and Cerro Corridor
q. Associate some important event with the fol-
lowing dates; 1888, 1908, 1892, 1925, and 1855
Z. Write what you know concerning the early his
tory of New York.
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BuckIen's ArnIca :saIve.

The best Salve in the world for cuts. bruises
sores, ulcers. salt rheum, fever sores, letter
chspped hands, chilblains, corns and all ski
eruptions, and positively cures piles OF no pa,
required; it is guaranteed to give perfect sat
isfaction or money refunded; price 25c. pc
box. For sale by PATTERSON & Sous, st
Clsirsville. Ohio 3 19-1'
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An observing Washington gentleman has
been examining the records and finds that the
accumulation of government bonds is becom-
Ing marked. Interest checks are now sent TO
5000 persons, whereas not long ago 6O,OOO
checks were issued on the same amount. The
concentration of holdings in large cities is
also noticeable. -Brpoklyh Eagle.
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All trains daily except Sunday.
Trains leave Cleveland forWheeling at II 10
m IL 10 pm, arriving at Is m and IS am.
E. A FORD,
Gen. Pass. and Ticket Ag't, Pittsburgh Pa
JAMES MCCREA,
i. General Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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ARITHMETIC.
L H. WATERS.
fn-;@ o,-A-oA

L. H WATERS.
(Omit any two)
1. When is a fraction in its lowest terms? How
reduced? State the principle on which the rednc-
ton 10 lowest terms depends
2 If ball inches in diameter weighs S Ibs
what will ball IT. in diameter weigh? State
principle on which solution depends.
8. two year note, for $780, bearing per cent in
terest from January l. 1886 is discounted TODAY at
per cent; find the bank discount and proceeds
4. If buy goods at s. s. and 10 off and sell at the
list price, what per cent. do make?
5 20 Y - of 7--SBs= what?
6. How many barrels will a cistern feet in di-
ameter and II feet Deep hold?.
:. In what time will $500 at per cent amount to
the same as S400 at per cent?
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Food Of onr childhnnd.

"Given your order, sirG" inquired a waiter
ct one Of the down town lunch counters the
other day of customer. "The food of our
childhood, please, was the rather mysterious
and sententious reply. The next moment the
gentleman was tearing half loaf Of bread
into shreds and depositing the pieces in a
huge bowl Of milk. The charge for this Is
twelve cents, and the waiter explained that
there was pretty good run on the dish daily
A side issue, not nearly so often called for, is
dubbed tho Igrub of our daddies," and con-
ists Of MIX and mush.-Philadelphis Call
In new comic opera is a topical song illus
krasad hv n efareOOticnn -
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CLEVELAND, LORAIN & WHEELING
~ RAILRoAD-TMR SCHEDULE.

In effect Nov IA, 'S6.-New Standard, 9Oth
Meridian time, which is 28 minutes slower
than Columbus time.
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acoustics, divert, parotid, Asia Ptolemy. tmesis,
neumstics. Give rule for pronouncing in case Of
two uncomfortable consonants at the beginning of
Q word
6. What is deriyztive word? Give three ex-
smples.
I. Explain the following as used in webster's
dictionary; lSee Supra-l lSee Infra] (Chem.)
[obs. and Syn
READING.
(0mit any two.l
1. What is punctuation? How do you tell where
pause should be made?
q Explain as you would to class-Jsmes, Will
james says Will talked. James" says you, will
talked?''
S. Explain the word-method. Do you use it?
4. What difficulties have you met with in your
reading class exercises? How do you deal with
them?
5. What is supplementary reading?
8. Give an example of relative emphasis.
Z. Distinguish between quantity and quality.
WRITING.
(Onit any two)
1. Name and describe the several movements
2 What is principle in writing? Write those
You teach.
s. What is the rule for spacing between letters,
words and sentences?
l. What is a space in width; in height? illustrate
by writing a, s, t T, I, y, and b.
5. Analyze a, B, l, m, and z.
6. Give full directions for writing z.
!. Give directions for holding the pen.
CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
(Omit any two.)
1. Define government, deliberative body, consti-
tuition, democracy and feudalism.
2 Give the provisions of the presidential success
sion bill.
8. Describe fully the mode of electing president.
A What ia q ranuhlic2 What aro tho datiaa of tho
president? How proceed to remove him in case of
inability?
5. Distinguish o. S. supreme. circuit and district
courts. How chosen?
6. How are the expenses of the general govern
ment met?
Z. Name six powers of congress.
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
(Omit any tsFo.)
l. What is meant by the flora of a country? Define
endogen and give example.
2. Define fog, mist, rain, snow, and hail.
8. What are isothernal lines? Explain the irreg-
ularity IN their course.
l. Describe and locate the regions of the follow
ing: Siroceo, monsoon, typhoon, and simeon.
5. Describe the formation and vegetation of the
Polynesian Islands.
6. What is climate? Upon what does it depend?
T. How do you account for the great central desert
of Asia9 For Lake Lop within it?
ALGEBRA
(Omit any two.)
1. Dstne problem, theorem, quadratic equation,
generalization, and like quantities.
2 Prove that one quantity may be transferred from
term of fraction if at the time, the sign
of its exponent be changed.
8. Find the G. c. D. of a2x4-a2y4 and 5-l-xsy2.
L. C. NJ. Of 8x2(x-y), Sa4x2 and 12axy2-
4. person has two kinds of coin; it takes a
pieces of the first, and pieces of the second to
make one dollar; how many pieces of each kind
must be taken 30 that pieces may be equivalent to
dollar?
5. bought certain amount of oats for $25; after
using Is bu he sold the rest for $40. by which he
gained 1H cents per bu. on the amount sold; how
many bu. did he buy, and at what priceI
6. There are two numbers the sum of whose
squares exceeds twice their product by 1; and the
difference of whose squares exceeds y of their pro-
duct by 1; required the numbers.
7. Multiply KIN by KIN and express in ordinary
language.
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DENNSYLVANIA COMPANY,
L (oPBRATING)
Cleveland q Pittsburgh 2. z

Condenoed timetable Of passenger trains
corrected 10 May % 's7, Central Standard Time.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE.
n Z. T EOhs
(Omit any two.)

(Omit any two)
L What branch of common school instruction do
you consider most important? Give reasons.
2 What is attention? How may it be secured?
8. What works on Psychology have you read?
Why should teacher study Psychology?
4. What do you aim to do for your pupils? What
constitutes good common school education?
5. What is meant by the Quincy Methodist The
Word Method?
6. Make suggestions for the improvement of the
public schools OF Ohio.
Z. Should teacher of primary school be Is
thoroughly educated as a teacher of more advanc-
ed schnOl2 Give reasOns.
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LITERATURE.
(Omit any two.)

1. Name three historical works, three works of
fiction, and three poems which you have read by
American authors. Same by English authors.
q Who, in your opinion, is the greatest of Amer
lean Historians? Novelists? Poets? Give reasons
for your opinion.
s. Briefly outline plan for teaching Literature as
school study.
4. Would you advise young people to read any
novels! Give reasons for your answer.
5. How do the literature and literary persons of
America rank as compared with those of England?
6. Who was the author of Tam O'Shanter?" The
One Hoss Shay? Ben-Hur? Hudibras? The Star
Spangled Banner? The Spy2 History of the
English People?
I. Name the historical plays of Shakespeare.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-25
Ohio Republican Platform Sawed Off

l. We believe in tariff to protect
American labor and encourage Ameri'
can industries, rs against tariff for
revenue only.
2. We want no immigration of An
arcbists. Communists. polygamists, pau-
pers lunatics or fugitive criminals.
8. We demand a free ballot and fair
count in all sections of our country.
4. We are tired of sectional strife.
5. Congress should take control of the
election of Representatives to Congress.
6. Protect the American wool grower.
7. We believe in justice to the soldier.
8. Land corporations and aliens should
not be allowed to buy the public domain
and so shut out actual settlers.
9. We want the National waterways
improved, and believe In National aid
to education.
TO- We condemn Cleveland's false pre-
lenses in regard to civil service.
IL. We sympsthize with Gladstone
and Parnell in their battle for Ireland.
12. We condemn ClevelsDd's position
in regard to vetoing pension bills.
13. We ask such changes in the patent
laws that the owner of patent which is
being infringed by persons who are ig>
norant of its existence shall have no
claim for damages unless he first gives
notice and the offense continues.
IA We indorse Gov. Foraker's Ad-
miDistratiOn.
Is. We indorse the Republican Legis-
lature and condemn the Democratic
frauds.
I6 We approve of the Dow law and
pledge ourselves to keep abreast of en-
lightened public sentiment on the tenn
perance question.
II. We commend the last Legislature
for providing home for disabled sol
diers and sailors.
1s. We disapprove of any discrimina-
tion on the part of common carriers.
49, We indorse Senator Sherman and
name him as Ohio's choice for the Presr
idency.
Private Dalzell will make several
speeches for Foraker during the can't
paign.
Sheriff Lynch, of Alpena, Mich, who
planned the capture of the Ravenna rob- |
bers, and was shot by 'Binkley' Morgan
In making the arrest. died last week, of
the wounds, in the Detroit Sanitarium.
Valuable discoveries of iron ore have
been made near Waukon. Altakee coun-
ty, Iowa, and company has been form
ed iD Rockford. Ill, with a capital of
$4,000. 900, to operate and develope
them.
Charles Malooney.a a Connellsville (Ps)
coke worker. being threatened by two
celored men, shot them both before they !
could attack him, killing one and fatally |
wOunding the other. He is 10 jail at
UDiOntOwB.
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Time table for east and west corrected to
June r. 1887. Trains leave Pan~HardIe sta
tion, Wheeling foot OF Eleventh street, near
put publIc.Ianding-Central Standard time
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TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

The following are the questions propounded
at the Teachers Examination at
Flushing, Ohio, Aug. 10Th, 1887.
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DIFTSBURGH, CINCINNATI & ST.
l. LOUIS RAILRoAD-Pan-H Handle Route.
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GEOGRAPHY.

SEOOAAPHK.
(Omit any twol
1. Name and locate the peninsulas of Asia
?. Locate and describe the following rivers:
Amoor, Volga, Parana, Orinoco. Gila.
8. Name five leading occupations, and tell where
each Is chiefly pursued What determines the occu-
patton of a people!
l. What seasons would t0s have a If the earth's
axis were perpendicular to the plane of its orbit?
2 If the earth did not rotate its axis? (s) If the
earth did not rotate around the sun.
). What and where are the following: Para Ber-
Pampas, Llanos.
g. Name the CT. Antilles. and describe the govern
ment and products of each.
I. Bound Brazil, and describe its surface and
drainage.
PHYSICS
(Omit any two.)
1. State the laws of weight.
q In what time will body fall feet? What will
be its velocity?
g. How much water per hour can be drawn from
inches and head of S6 feet?
4. How does physical force differ from chem
ical force?
). Why is a rainbow circular?
6. What effect does pressure have upon the boil
ing-pOint of liquid? What experiment illustrates
I. Explain the difference between electro-magnet-
ism and mRgnetoelectricity, and state the uses to
which each Is applled-
GEOMETRY.
!. A triangular pyramid is one-third of triangu-
lar prism of the same base and altitude.
2. How is an angle, formed without a circle by
two secants measured? Demonstrate.
8. line which bisects the vertical angle of tri-
angle divides the base into segments proportional
to the adjacent sides
4. With given radius describe circumference
tangent to a given circumference and its tangent
5. Divide given line in mean and extreme pro-
portion.
BOTANY.
/. Name the family described below, and define
the terms italicised Herbs juice, watery p,slgent
sepGis 4 petal 4 Stdnlens tetrdynGn,oIs; pistl 2
celed, with two pdrietdL pdcede; fruit sitiQase
silicle; embryo with rddicie bent up against the
cotgtedons; racenaes at first like simple corymbs,
with no brdcts below the pediceLs.
2. Classify Heterogeneous plants.
3. Define ''venation," "vernation I" "asstivstion,"
''morphology," and "phyllotaxy."
5. What is the food of plants? How is it assimi-
lated?
5. Name and define the different kinds of in
forescence.
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acoustics, divert, parotid, Asia, Ptolemy, tmesis
nelmstics. Give rule for pronouncing in case of
two uncomfortable consonants at the beginning of
Q word.
6. What is derivstive word? Give three ex-
smples.
Z. Explain the following as used in Webster's
dictionary; lSee Supra.l [See Infra-l (Chem.)
[obs and Syn
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RHETORIC.
(Omit any twO.)

1. What is Rhetoric? Name some of the promi-
nent writer's on the subject of Rhetoric.
3 Give brief outline of your method of teaching
Rhetoric. Can one learn to write elegantly "by
ruler
8. What is meant by the naturalization" of a
word? Examples.
T. What is the essential difference between prose
and poetry?
s. What is poetic foot? Quote few lines Of
poetry, and state what kind of feet is employed.
6. Classify sentences rhetorically, and give ex-
ample under each class.
Z. Name the figures employed in the following
and express the same thought without the use of
figures: Might dropped her sable curtain, and
pinned it with star"
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GRAMMAR.
(Omit any two.)

L What educational value have psrsing, gram
matical analysis and diagraming!
3 State the functions of participles, and Illus
trate in sentences
8. Classify elements of sentences II as to rank,
ri as to function, [sl as to structure. ----=A
4. Analyze briefly: 'Tis greatly wise to talk with
our past hours and askt them what report they bore
to heaven.
5. Point out and name all the figures of speech
employed in [4l.
g. Classify connectives. What parts Of speech are
used as connectives?
T. Define: Finite verb, proposition, sentence.
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SCHOOL LAW.


1. Why has GAINESVILLE local board of examiners,
and Bridgeport not? What conditions give WILL
age local board?
2. What is the longest time for which q county
board may grant certificate?
8. Under what circumstances may county board
renew certificate without denomination?
L. Name the different kinds of school-districts In
Ohio. About how many school officers In Ohio?
5. What do the statutes say in regard to the pun
ishment of pupils by teachers?
8. Does the law of Ohio specially provide for the
education of colored youth?
Z. Who is state school commissioner at present?
When elected? When did he go into office? Length
of his term?
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OSCAR TOWNSEND, WI b CIRCUIT,
GenI Maaager. Gen1 FL & Pass. Agt.
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1. Define: Physiology, Anatomy Hygiene.
q In what respect are plant and an animal alike?
In what respect unlike?
8. What is the normal temperature of the human
body? Is the whale a warm-blooded or q cold
blooded animal?
4. State same of the hygienic laws that should be
observed in constructing school-houses
5. Trace the blood in its course through the sys-
TEN, naming organs, in order, through which it
passes
6. How is the heat of the body maintained?
T. What is sleep? Is it safe go to sleep immedi-
stely after eating?
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-09-02
A Word to the Wise is Sufficient.

AS the time gradually approaches when
the Democrats of Charles county will be
called upon to inaugurate the local cam
paign of this fall, it may not be out of
place to say word regarding the far
reaching importance of the approaching
contest and the necessity of caution and
prudence on the part of Democrats.
The battle of this fall wi be an all i'm
portant one. Its result will be either to
confirm the hard earned victory OF two
years ago and make permanent the supre.
macy of the be ter elements of our county
people in the econonIcal management OF
their affairs, or it will be to throw away
the whole fruit of our hard rd-fought cam
paign of 1885 and turn over the county
again 10 the tender mercies Of the orga-
nized ignorance and the bad elements by
which it is led
The opposition will make strenuous ef-
forts to reinstate themselves this fall, well
knowing that it is now or never with them
They will strain every nerve to regain
their former supremacy, before it is too
late; and every means will be adopted, OF
fear and fattery, of pusuasion aud OF
coercion, of reward and of punishment,
to bring those colored citizens, who were
so extensively alieniated in 1885, back to
solid support of the ticket
Every one knows what the success of the
opposition, for which they will strive SO
earnestly, will mean. 1t will mean an end
of the present economical an | excellent
local government. which in two short
years has shown such marked results, and
the reinstatement of the former bad and
shittless misrule by which the people
were wronged and impoverished. 1t win
mean the increase of your local rate of
taxation from 81 cents to 100 cents, and
probably more; for with the knowledge
of their capacity sharpened by the two
years of enforced fasting which has been
imposed upon them, it is not likely that
they will be satiated even with the ex-
tent of their former excesses.
Such then being the important and far
reaching character OF this falls election,
it behooves the calm judging men of the
county, who are alive to its importance, to
act with caution and circumspection.-
There is no reasonable doubt of Democra-
tic success if We have good ticket and a
united and harmonious party. But with
out both of these conditions We will have
the old forlorn hope to lead again. Hence
the timely prudence, mutual forbearance
and wise precaution which is incumbent
on every Democrat.
In 1885 when we made our effective
fight, nobody sought single place on the
ticket and no delegate to the county con-
vention came pledged to any candidate,
The Office sought the men. and the result
was a strong ticket invulnerable all the
way through with which We fought an
aggressive campaign and achieved grand
victory. The wise actien of that time
should be an example to US in the prese1
emergency